Inertia means that an object in motion will stay in motion in the same direction, or will stay at rest, unless another force acts upon it. For an object to change direction or stop moving, something has to overcome inertia. Learn more about inertia... with this cartoon animation from StudyJams. A short, self-checking quiz is also included with this link.[more]

Introduction to Newton's First Law of Motion. This video, which is suitable for high school students, starts with a black screen because the instructor, in his conversational tone, uses it as a 'chalkboard.'

Newton's First Law of Motion - an object in motion will remain in motion, with constant velocity, and an object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by an external force. (01:17) This is a short clip from a larger segment.

This covers the relationship between an object in motion and an external, unbalanced force. Learn more from this teacher from San Jose, California. This video is part of the video collection at NextVista.org (http://nextvista.org), a proud partner of... Curriki.[more]

This program introduces the series and sets forth the concept of inertia, the first law of physics: Things like to keep on doing what they're already doing. Eureka was a series of short cartoons on physics that ran on public television in the 1980's.... The video explains the concept in a simple and well-illustrated way. Good for students of any elementary school level. The 'meat' of the video starts at 01:28.[more]

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